DESIGN AND STABILITY STUDY OF CANTILEVER RETAINING WALL USING GEO-5 SOFTWARE

Abstract

Natural calamities are the most uncertain things which can happen round the globe and we geotechnical engineer are coping with this problem by solving the problems which occurs due to this natural hazards. One of the most common and dangerous hazards is landslides or in technical term slope stability. Analysis of the soundness of the earth retaining structures in such slopes and embankment could be a tough task for the geotechnical engineers. For this type of analysis which tough for onsite we take the help of software and we use GEO5 which permits geotechnical engineer to hold out the stability analysis of the retaining wall designed. This software consist of individual programs with unified and easy to use interface. We are dealing with the retaining walls that are accustomed to retain the earth in a position wherever the ground level changes suddenly. We are using ‘cantilever retaining wall’ which is most common variety retaining wall and is economical up to 10m. This research work deals with GEO5 slope stability software to evaluate stability of the retaining wall designed to hold more slope failure within the space. In order to improve the stability we will use some admixture at the backfill , cement kiln dust is waste product from Portland cement factory which is fine as fly ash as very economical to use as an filling and packing material.